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Silvas v. E*TRADE Mortgage Corp.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Property Law & Real Estate
In a class action suit brought against E*TRADE Mortgage, dismissal of the suit is affirmed where the district court properly dismissed the action...

Holmgren v. County of L.A.

Class Actions, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In class action against defendant-county by plaintiffs, employees of contractors, alleging entitlement to civil service and retirement benefits,...

Schumacher v. Cargill Meat Solutions Corp.

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law
In order to prove a violation of the Packers and Stockyards Act section 202(e), a plaintiff must show that a packer intentionally committed unlawful...

Wiesmueller v. Kosobucki

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In a commerce clause challenge to Wisconsin's rule that only out-of-state law school graduates must take the state's bar examination, denial of class...

Long John Silver's Restaurants, Inc. v. Cole

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In case involving alleged violations of the FLSA for failure to pay overtime, order declining to vacate arbitration award which held that the "opt-in"...

County of L.A. v. Superior Ct. of L.A. County

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Public Utilities, Tax Law
In class action complaints against the County of Los Angeles alleging that the county imposed new utility user taxes without prior approval by the...

CashCall, Inc. v. Superior Ct. of San Diego County

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In the class action context, there is no bright-line rule that the original class representative plaintiffs must be members of the class to have...

Rose v. Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law
In a California Unfair Competition Law action brought on behalf of an ostensible class of California holders of credit cards issued by Chase, arising...

Krupa v. Landsafe, Inc.

Banking Law, Class Actions, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case involving Countrywide under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, brought on behalf of class of borrowers who had paid a $35.00 credit...

Lowden v. T-Mobile USA, Inc.

Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a class action brought by two consumers of T-Mobile's cellular phone service raising contract and state consumer protection law claims, denial of...